Form 6-K BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA For: Feb 22
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date: February 22, 2017
Commission File Number: 002-09048
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
(Name of Registrant)
44 King Street West, Scotia Plaza, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1
Attention: Secretary’s Department (Tel.: (416) 866-3672)
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F o Form 40-F x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o
This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement of The Bank of Nova Scotia on Form F-3 (File No. 333-215597) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | ||
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Date: February 22, 2017 |
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/s/ Christy Bunker | |
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Christy Bunker |
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Managing Director, Secured and Capital Funding |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description of Exhibit |
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23.6 |
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Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel for the Registrant, as to certain matters of Canadian taxation. |
Exhibit 23.6
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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Box 50, 1 First Canadian Place 416.862.6666 FACSIMILE |
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Toronto
Montréal
Calgary
Ottawa
Vancouver
New York |
February 22, 2017 |
Timothy Hughes Direct Dial: 416.862.6573 Our Matter Number: 1164347 |
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
Re: The Bank of Nova Scotia – Senior Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Bank of Nova Scotia, a bank organized under the laws of Canada (the “Bank”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form F-3, registration number 333-215597, for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), among other securities, the Bank’s senior debt securities (the “Securities”), to be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture, dated January 22, 2010, by and among the Bank, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee.
We hereby consent to any reference to us, in our capacity as special tax counsel to the Bank, or any opinion of ours delivered in that capacity in any prospectus supplement, product prospectus supplement, pricing supplement or free writing prospectus relating to the offer and sale of any particular Security or Securities prepared and filed by the Bank with the Commission on this date or a future date.
In giving this consent we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Yours very truly,
/s/ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | ||
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